Men and Women Both Look to Continue Strong Start at Pre-Nationals in Louisville

2013-14 BIG EAST All-Academic Team

2013-14: Competed in six events during his final season ... Ran a time of 27:15.00 at the National Catholic Invitational to help the team to an eighth place finish ... Lead the team with a time of 26:29.00 at the Paul Short Invitational ... Ran a time of 28:05.00 at the BIG EAST Championship.

2012-13: Competed in five events during the 2012 season ... Finished with a personal-best time of 16:41.44 in the 5k at the Queen City Invitational where he finished 36th out of 135 runners ... Had a season-best time of 26:25 at the National Catholic Championship, finishing 77th out of 277

2011-12: Competed in six races for the Musketeers ... Recorded a new personal best 8K time of 26.52.8 at the 2012 Atlantic 10 Championship for 90th place ... Finished 17th at the National Catholic Invitational and 21st at the Mount St. Joseph Invitational ... Also ran at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional, turning in a 10K time of 33:43.0 ... Named to the A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll following both the fall and spring semesters ... Earned the AD Award for maintaining a 3.25-3.5 grade point average

2010-11: Ran in five events during his rookie season ... Ran a then-personal record at the Princeton Invitational with a time of 27:00 ... Highest finish was 28th in the junior varsity race of the National Catholic Championships with a time of 27:48 ... Finished 129th at the Atlantic 10 Championship ... Named to the A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll following the spring semester

Before Xavier: On cross country and track varsity squads for three years and was captain his senior year for cross country... Team made it to the State Championship in 2010 and placed 10th ... Named to First Team All-GCL in both track and cross country ... Voted most valuable distance runner on the track team ... Named Channel 5 Student-Athlete of the Week ... Personal bests include: 1:59 in the 800-meters, 4:26 in the 1,600-meters, 9:50 in the 3,200-meters

Personal: Son of Mark and Sally Schenkel ... Born September 14, 1992 in Cincinnati ... Majoring in sport management ... Has three siblings: Kyle, Melissa and Ryan ... Father Mark ran cross country/track at Cincinnati, brother Kyle ran cross country/track at Xavier